RBC announces call for entries for its 11th annual Canadian
Painting Competition$55,000 awarded to emerging Canadian artists - the largest competition of its kind in Canada
TORONTO, March 2, 2009 — RBC, with the support
of the Canadian Art Foundation, today announced the call for
entries for the 2009 RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Entries
must be submitted by May 3, 2009.
Winners will be announced in October, with the national winner
receiving $25,000, and two honourable mentions each receiving
$15,000. Semi-finalists in the competition will see their
work displayed at prominent Canadian art galleries and featured
in Canadian Art magazine.
"RBC is an important contributor to the Canadian visual
arts community," said Ann Webb, Executive Director, Canadian
Art Foundation. "The RBC Canadian Painting Competition
discovers and recognizes the skill and talent of Canada's
emerging artists and provides national exposure of their work."
RBC has worked closely with the Canadian Art Foundation to
deliver a top quality competition that continues to grow in
stature. The Canadian Art Foundation oversees the adjudication
process, allowing the works to be judged by a select panel
of distinguished members of the visual arts community.
Details and rules of the competition may be found at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition.
The submitted works will be short-listed to 15 semi-finalists
by independent panels of regional judges. All regional jurors
come together in May in Toronto to determine one national
winner and two honourable mentions. In October, the 2009 winner
will be announced and all 15 paintings will be on exhibit
at the Musée d'art contemporain in Montreal. The three
winning paintings will then travel to Toronto where they will
be displayed at the Toronto International Art Fair followed
by an exhibition of all 15 paintings at the Power Plant in
Toronto. All finalists will be featured in Canadian Art
magazine and on the web at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition
and www.canadianart.ca.
About the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent. The goal of the
competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists
early in their career by providing them with a forum to display
their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors
to future opportunity. An investment in Canadian culture and
the visual arts community, the competition will award one
national prize of $25,000 and two honourable mentions will
receive $15,000 each. Along with past winners, the winning
paintings of 2006 will become part of RBC's Canadian art collection
comprised of more than 4,000 works of distinguished art collected
over the past hundred years. Various paintings from the RBC
collection have been exhibited in museums, enabling more Canadians
to enjoy these wonderful works.
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